News and Information about Shmoop

Main menu

Post navigation

The Weekly Word: Sept. 30th, 2011

It was Rosh Hashanah yesterday. It’s sort of like the NFC Championships of Judaism (Yom Kippur is the Super Bowl, in case you were wondering)—except you get to chill and reflect soulfully instead of winning the George Halas Trophy. A pretty good trade-off, if you ask us.

At its core, Rosh Hashanah is all about getting the thumbs-up from God to get written in the most Shmoopable book of them all: the Book of Life.

Popular Guides This Week on Shmoop:

People like these. We figure you should get in on the action.

The Hunger Games: Defend yo’ life…but not by eating burritos. Or anything else, for that matter.

Most famous for writing Don Quixote, Cervantes inspired scores of future authors with his picaresque novel of an idealistic knight-errant and his long-suffering companion. In honor of the big 464, we Shmooped some of his devotees here:

Looking up the number of National Merit Scholars at your school? How about getting students amped about the ACT or SAT? Shmoop offers awesome group rates for entire schools and districts looking for the maximum Shmoop for the minimum buck.

This Week in History: Pokemon Debuted in America

According to everyone (at Shmoop), Pokemon lies in the pantheon of the greatest time wasters in history. And by “time wasters,” we obviously mean “time optimizers that are also awesome.” From cruisin’ the the Safari Zone to beating the Elite four, we had fun catching’em all.

Shmoop Shakes a Finger: Sam Eshaghoff, SAT Fraud

Need help on the SAT? Get Shmoop. Just our humble opinion…especially since getting someone else to take it for you might land you in the slammer. 2200 doesn’t mean anything if you get arrested. More about the woes of cheating here.